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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2262143, member: 56859&quot;]There are oodles of auctions every month and two major auction consolidation sites are a very convenient way to keep track of it by creating watch lists and want lists.&nbsp; Creating want lists will generate notifications when a coin matching your specifications is listed in an auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two sites are <a href="https://www.numisbids.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/" rel="nofollow">Numisbids</a> and <a href="http://www.sixbid.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sixbid.com/" rel="nofollow">Sixbids</a>.&nbsp; They are redundant but there are a few auction houses which only participate in one or the other.&nbsp; I find Numisbids easier to use but there are a few companies which don&#039;t participate with Numisbids, so I always check both.&nbsp; My watch lists are comically long <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>For many auctions (all?) you can submit your proxy bid through those websites.&nbsp; I&#039;ve only done that twice and once my bid wasn&#039;t registered.&nbsp; I prefer to bid live online when possible or submit proxy bids directly to the auction house.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for getting the best price, I&#039;m probably not the best person to answer that since I tend to spend whatever it takes that day to get a coin if I really really want it.&nbsp; I&nbsp; fail to win ~80-90% of the coins I bid on though.&nbsp; In general, target your coins, then find recently auctioned comparisons using CNG&#039;s archives and acsearch.info.&nbsp; Check Vcoins to see if any are currently for sale; see how they compare in quality and price.&nbsp; Determine your maximum bid.&nbsp; Stick to it.&nbsp; Note:&nbsp; the auction houses&#039; estimates are often very low (I like it that way).</p><p><br /></p><p>As for best price, sometimes you can snag relatively good deals by targeting coins in auctions which follow on the heels of a busy or major auction week.&nbsp; There was a huge round of high-profile auctions this month, for instance... perhaps now is a good time to pick up some coins without as much competition, if your competitors have blown their budgets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Start registering to bid with many auction houses.&nbsp; Most of them ask for references (cite other auction companies you&#039;ve purchased from).&nbsp; I suspect they don&#039;t bother to check those since I usually get my bidder approval immediately or within a day of the request.&nbsp; Many auction houses also ask you to submit your requested bidding limit.&nbsp; The amount I enter probably doesn&#039;t make them look to closely-- they probably only look carefully if you&#039;re asking for many tens of thousands of dollars/euros/pounds.&nbsp; Ask for far more than you think you might spend though, just in case.&nbsp; If I were to approach my limit at any given auction house I&#039;d be in BIG trouble!&nbsp; They&#039;re pretty generous with the credit limits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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